If I had done what I was programmed to do, I would now be sitting in a car factory looking at the sizes of wheels, or wondering how to get credit to start a new factory in Russia.

Pigozzi studied in Paris and at Harvard University before working for the Gaumont Film Company and 20th Century Fox. He was born in Paris as the son of Henri Pigozzi founder of the French car maker Simca. Jean Pigozzi (born 1952) is a businessman art collector philanthropist and photographer.